FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Nitzermania]

"Recently" is a bit of a stretch, since CCIW football hasn't had an All-CCIW honorable mention team since 1995.*

Very interesting!  I had no idea it had been 30 years since seeing that category, would have thought more like 10-15 years.  Thank you, Greg!

[USee]

Lastly--I'm personally bummed about the Wash U ouster.  Loved having them in the conference.  I think they greatly elevated the level of play.  Go beat Stout!

I second this notion. WashU is an elite academic institution and an all-around class organization. Though only an associate member I feel its association served, at least in some small way, to help elevate the stature of the CCIW. During the course of WU's membership, they were without question the #3 team on the gridiron, lining up only behind NCC and Wheaton. They thoroughly deserve their upcoming trip to the Isthmus Bowl. Hopefully they end their conference affiliation with another W.
I understand the CCIW wanting a full member. I don't know if the possibility existed or not, but I wish there was a way to add that full member while still retaining WU.
The NCAC's gain is the CCIW's loss. 

As previously stated multiple times, WashU's CCIW ouster had nothing to do with them being a full member or not.

You missed my point, USee. I wasn't advocating for WashU to become a full CCIW member. Merely stating that I thought they were a credit to the conference, and that I wish they could somehow still be an associate member for football despite the addition of another full member. 

Yes GusD, sorry about that I misread you original post. I certainly wish WashU was staying. Much more competitive conference with them involved.

[USee]

For the Thunder this weekend they face Crown who is 7-3. Crown runs the ball 75% of the time and have averaged 5.5 yds per rush for 230 yds per game for the 16th best rush offense in the D3 land. Their pass offense accounts for 835 yds on the season (74-154-5 int, 48%) and 83 yds per game. The Thunder will have to stop the run this weekend.

Defensively they have found their footing in turnovers. 9 fumbles and 14 interceptions and they are top 25 in the nation in Turnover Margin. They are top 15 in getting off the field on 3rd down and 9th in red zone defense.

They lost to a 1-9 team and a 4-6 team and their best wins are over 5-5 Martin Luther (2x). They don't have any wins over a team with a winning record (Simpson is the only team they played that has a winning record).

 

[Cardinal773]

As previously stated multiple times, WashU's CCIW ouster had nothing to do with them being a full member or not.

This topic is getting to be rather annoying.  Now that WashU's days can be counted on one hand, people are lamenting their departure and asking why.  That's their prerogative and it's reasonably fine for a CCIW discussion board, right?  But then we have a couple of guys on here who apparently know something. They're so quick to shush people and say stuff like "That's not why they moved." and "If you know you know."  No need for a discussion here, folks!  They know something about this thing and what you thought was the thing had nothing to do with the thing at all. Yeah. Annoying.

Go Bears. Show those little WIAC pansies what CCIW football is all about.

[Cardinal773]

For the Thunder this weekend....

As a fan, I have the luxury of looking ahead.  The 10-day forecast does not look good for Wartburg.  This ain't your mamma's round of 40 team.

[Gregory Sager]

As previously stated multiple times, WashU's CCIW ouster had nothing to do with them being a full member or not.

This topic is getting to be rather annoying.  Now that WashU's days can be counted on one hand, people are lamenting their departure and asking why.  That's their prerogative and it's reasonably fine for a CCIW discussion board, right?  But then we have a couple of guys on here who apparently know something. They're so quick to shush people and say stuff like "That's not why they moved." and "If you know you know."  No need for a discussion here, folks!  They know something about this thing and what you thought was the thing had nothing to do with the thing at all. Yeah. Annoying.

OK, so some of us are annoying you. What's the best way to handle something or someone that's annoying you? Ignore it.

For the record, nobody's been shushed here. I've simply stated my desire that we should move on. But if you want to keep talking about it, then you're going to keep talking about it, with or without my or anybody else's approval. As you said, that's the prerogative of everybody who posts here. The only person who can stop you is Pat, and since there's nothing in the Terms of Service that applies to this I doubt that Pat cares one bit.

[Cardinal773]

I guess I'm just one of those very rare individuals who says he's annoyed when he's. I'll try not to do that in front of you again, boss. 

[Gregory Sager]